An Athenian Decree of the Year 335/4 B.C.

Abstract

T HE FIRST SEVEN LINES OF THIS TEXT were published by Benjamin D. Meritt.1 The decree first came to the present writer's attention during the research for Athenian Democrag in Transition,2 for it was inscribed by one of the more prolific cutters in that study, the Cutter of IG 112 334.3 Permission to publish the stone in full has now been generously granted by the Greek Ministry of Culture.4 The decree is on a fragment of white marble in the Epigraphical Museum in Athens preserving part of the top and right side of the original stone. The circumstances of discovery are not recorded. It is 0.275 m high, 0.28 m wide, and 0.13 m thick. The height of the letters is 0.006-0.007 m; the checker is 0.011 xO.013m.